Mick Clingly

Mick Clingly
Personal information
Full name Michael Thomas Clingly
Date of birth 18 April 1932
Place of birth Prospect, South Australia
Date of death 16 August 2004(2004-08-16) (aged 72)
Place of death Adelaide
Position(s) Centre half forward/back
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1951–1959 West Torrens 156 (219)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1959.

Michael Thomas Clingly (18 April 1932 – 16 August 2004) was an Australian rules footballer who played for West Torrens in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). He also represented South Australia at Sheffield Shield cricket.

Clingly played mainly at either centre half forward or centre half back. He was West Torrens's leading goal-kicker three times during his career and was voted best afield from the back pocket in their 1953 premiership team. In a game against Glenelg, in 1956, Clingly kicked 12 goals and became the last player in the league to use the place kick.

His five first-class cricket matches for South Australia were spent as a left-arm medium-pacer. He took nine wickets at 54.33 with a best of 3 for 15 against Queensland at the Adelaide Oval.[1]

On 16 August 2004, Clingly died after suffering a heart attack.

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